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Bill Bennett
Freelance journalist.
Auckland-based Bill Bennett writes technology and business stories that are directly relevant to New Zealand readers.
His emphasis is on telecommunications, but he also covers other aspects of technology and business. You can find his features in the New Zealand Herald and hear him regularly on RNZ Nine to Noon and the NZ Tech Podcast.
Bennett's The Download Weekly newsletter is published every Friday. You can sign up for it here.
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Bill Bennett - Latest News [Page 55]
Chromebook demand rising fast
Friday, 4 April 2014, 11:17 am | Digitl
Channelnomics quotes a report from ABI Research saying Chromebooks sales are climbing at a healthy rate. More >>
Commercialising New Zealand science
Friday, 4 April 2014, 11:15 am | Digitl
New Zealand has performed badly at commercialising science in the past, but is catching up fast. More >>
Telecom NZ's Cook Island sale all part of the bigger picture
Friday, 4 April 2014, 11:12 am | Digitl
Telecom New Zealand's methodical sell-off of overseas and non-core assets continues with the $23 million sale of Telecom Cook Islands . More >>
Windows Phone 8.1
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 10:03 pm | Digitl
Microsoft announced a huge upgrade to Windows Phone at a developer conference early this morning New Zealand time. The changes in Windows Phone 8.1 are dramatic, easily as big as the leap from Windows Phone 7 to Windows Phone 8. More >>
Office for the iPad: Important even if you are not a Microso
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 1:55 pm | Digitl
Microsoft is woefully late to market, but don't underestimate incoming Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's move to launch iPad versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. More >>
Galaxy S5 hands on: At last a worthwhile upgrade
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 1:42 pm | Digitl
Late last week I met two Samsung executives in a North Shore café to get a briefing on the Galaxy S5 smartphone and to collect a review model for a temporary loan. That's business as normal in my line of work. More >>
What does Vodafone know about Ultrafast Broadband anyway?
Saturday, 8 March 2014, 4:42 pm | Digitl
Russell Stanners' offer of a fibre network deal is at least worth a listen - Vodafone has done a better job than the government of building and selling broadband More >>
Datacom shows entrepreneurial DNA
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 9:04 am | Digitl
New Zealand tech companies don't come much bigger than Datacom. The company is also old by industry standards. It started in the 1960s. For years Datacom deliberately stayed out of the public eye, preferring to keep its own counsel and communicate ... More >>
Datacom buys Origen, takes Ozone to Australia
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 9:01 am | Digitl
Earlier today I wrote Datacom buys Origen, takes Ozone to Australia for the IITP TechBlog. More >>
Samsung sees Knox as key to Android in the enterprise
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 9:00 am | Digitl
Jae Shin, vice-president of Samsung's Knox business group, is candid about enterprise customers being wary of letting employees use Android devices on company networks. More >>
Apple users loyal but bigger screens tempt
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 9:01 am | Digitl
Kantar Worldpanel reports : There are signs that Apple isn’t attracting and retaining as many early adopters as it once did, with larger screens seeming to drag a number of users away from the brand. But with industry-leading satisfaction and loyalty ... More >>
Microsoft New Zealand technology bazaar
Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 8:58 am | Digitl
One of my more enjoyable writing jobs is working on the The New Zealand Herald's annual Innovation report . It's a subject that's close to my heart and it means I get to talk to interesting people about fascinating ideas. More >>
When should we rip out the copper network?
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 9:54 am | Digitl
Does it make sense to pull the plug on New Zealand's copper telephone network as fibre goes in? More >>
A good first quarter, but HP not out of the woods
Saturday, 22 February 2014, 7:09 pm | Digitl
Hewlett-Packard surprised analysts on Friday when it turned in a better than expected first quarter result . More >>
Is the enterprise hardware business doomed?
Friday, 21 February 2014, 1:01 pm | Digitl
Enterprise hardware has never been a tougher sell. Recent financial reports from the giant companies that once dominated enterprise computing, IBM, Oracle, HP among others, do not make for pretty reading. More >>
Telecom NZ rebrands as Spark
Friday, 21 February 2014, 9:40 am | Digitl
A media statement from CEO Simon Moutter says the new name "better reflects the company's new direction". He says: More >>
How does New Zealand UFB compare with Google fibre?
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 5:40 pm | Digitl
Search giant Google operates a fibre network in Kansas City. Yesterday the company said it plans to roll out fibre in an additional 34 US cities . More >>
Chorus: A tempting proposal, some merit, some flaws
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 9:02 am | Digitl
How much would it cost to build and run a copper telecommunications network if you were starting from scratch today? More >>
Microsoft Office on an iPad, why so slow?
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:19 am | Digitl
Apple's iPad had its fourth birthday last month. The device changed the face of personal computing. It triggered a decline in PC sales that looks far from over. It's popular with corporations and consumers. More >>
Government fibre uptake builds as project reaches 25% milest
Monday, 17 February 2014, 10:25 am | Digitl
Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams says the government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband project has passed the 25 percent milestone with more than 363,000 users able to connect to the network. More >>
